Senior Private Secretary, (Group ‘B’ Gazetted, Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2020: in the Commissionerates and Directorates under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
New Delhi, the 18th August, 2020
G.S.R. 112.— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and in supersession of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Senior Private Secretary (Group ‘B’ Gazetted, Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2015, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the President hereby makes the following rules regulating the method of recruitment to the post of Senior Private Secretary in the Commissionerates and Directorates under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, namely:-
1. Short title and Commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Senior Private Secretary, (Group ‘B’ Gazetted, Ministerial Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2020.
- (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Number of post, Classification, Level in the pay matrix.— The number of the post, its classification, level in the pay matrix attached thereto shall be as specified in columns (2) to (4) of the Schedule annexed to these rules.
3 Special provision.— (1) Each Commissionerates and Directorates shall have its own separate cadre unless otherwise specifically prescribed by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in this behalf. The Directorate General of Performance Management, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Delhi shall be the Cadre Controlling Authority for the said post in respect of the following Directorates, as approved by the CBIC, namely:-
(i) Directorate General of Performance Management; (ii) Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence; (iii) Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence; (iv) Directorate of Logistics; (v) Directorate General of Tax Payer Services; (vi) Directorate General of Systems and Data Management; (vii) Central Revenues Control Laboratory; (viii) Directorate General of Vigilance; (ix) Directorate General of Anti-Profiteering; (x) Directorate General of Export Promotion; (xi) Directorate General of Audit; (xii) Directorate of Legal Affairs; (xiii) Directorate General of Human Resource Development; (xiv) Chief Commissioner (AR), Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT); (xv) Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management; (xvi) Directorate General of Valuation; (xvii) Directorate of International Customs; (xviii) Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax.
(2) Inter-se seniority of all merged Directorate posts in the grade of Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ shall be integrated as per the instructions and guidelines issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
4. Method of recruitment, age limit and qualifications, etc.— The method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating thereto shall be as specified in columns (5) to (13) of the said Schedule.
5. Disqualification.— No person,—
(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living; or (b) who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person,
shall be eligible for appointment to the said post:
Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.
6. Power to relax.— Where the Central Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing and in consultation with the Union Public Service Commission, relaxes any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of persons.
7. Saving.—Nothing in these rules shall affect reservation, relaxation of age limit and other concessions required to be provided for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, ex-Serviceman and other special categories of persons in accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
SCHEDULE
| Name of post | Number of post | Classification | Level in pay matrix |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Senior Private Secretary | 152* (2020) * (Subject to variation dependent on workload) | General Central service, Group ‘B’ Gazetted Ministerial | Level 8 in the pay matrix Rs. 47600 – 151100 |
| Whether selection post or non-selection post | Age limit for direct recruits | Educational and other qualifications required for direct recruits | Whether age and educational qualifications prescribed for the direct recruits will apply in the case of promotees |
| (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| Selection | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Period of probation, if any | Method of recruitment, whether by direct recruitment or by promotion or by deputation/ absorption and percentage of vacancies to be filled by various methods | In case of recruitment by promotion or deputation/absorption, grades from which promotion or deputation/absorption is to be made. | |
| (9) | (10) | (11) | |
| Not applicable | Promotion failing which by deputation. | Promotion: Private Secretary in level 7 in the pay matrix (Rs. 44900- 142400) with two years regular service in the grade. Note 1.-Where juniors who have completed their qualifying or eligibility service are being considered for promotion, their senior would also be considered provided they are not short of the requisite qualifying eligibility service by more than half of such qualifying or eligibility service or two years, whichever is less and have successfully completed their probation period for promotion to the next higher grade along with their juniors who have already completed such qualifying or eligibility service.Deputation: Officers holding the post of Stenographer under the Central Government: (i) holding analogous post on regular basis in the parent cadre of department; or (ii) with two years service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis in level 7 in the pay matrix (Rs. 44900 – 142400) or equivalent in the parent cadre or department.Note 1.- The departmental officers in the feeder category who are in the direct line of promotion shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment on deputation. Similarly, the deputationists shall not be eligible for consideration for appointment by promotion. Note 2.– The period of deputation including the period of deputation in another ex-cadre post held immediately preceding this appointment in the same or some other Organisation or department of the Central Government ordinarily not exceed three years.Note 3.– The Maximum age limit for appointment by deputation shall ‘not be exceeding 56 years’ as on the last date of receipt of applications | |
| If a Departmental Promotion Committee exists, what is its composition | Circumstances in which the Union PublicService Commission to be consulted in makingrecruitment | ||
| (12) | (13) | ||
| 1. Cadre Controlling Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Director General or Director General of Performance Management, DGPM – Chairman; 2. Principal Commissioner or Commissioner or Principal Additional Director General or Additional Director General, DGHRD – Member; 3. Additional or Joint Commissioner (Personnel & Vigilance) or Additional or Joint Director, DGPM – Member. | Consultation with Union Public ServiceCommission not necessary. | ||
[F.No. A-12018/1/2013-Ad.IIB]
S. K. JAIN, Under Secy.
COMMENTS